Since there hasn't been any reply on the other thread, may as well post it here too: Could you look into the option of extracting-overwriting with only newer files from an archive? I.e. when synchronising you don't want your newer file (on the disk) to be overwritten by an older one (from the archive), or you just need to have it as an option. Cheers
This is used for updating an archive, it's not a new option/switch. But if you manage to magick-it to do the same for extraction..do tell.. I think I have tried it before commenting/reading here, but can't be sure.
I keep visiting this (and many other similar threads) over time, but nothing happens. There isn't even a reply anymore, after one in 2006 that "it's being worked on". It's quite disappointing because this is a top priority feature for an archiver that is to be used for backup/restore and without it, 7z is limiting itself to a compression utility. Another hope for 2021..
OS: XP SP3 but in VirtualBox, Linux host. 7z ver 9.20 1. Single file is created with...